Monthly Archives: March 2023

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Davidson Park has become an epicenter for some high school baseball teams with five varsity teams using the two fields at the west Burlington location. On many days, there might be multiple games taking place on the two baseball...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Southern Alamance didn’t have much going its way for most of Saturday afternoon’s non-conference showdown with visiting Western Alamance. Despite a dismal situation for much of the game, the Patriots had enough time and, as it turned out, enough...

QUESTION: Is it true that Cone Health has laid off 21 directors or above and 40 lower-level employees, including at Alamance Regional Medical Center? ANSWER: Yes, according to Mandy Eaton, chief operating officer for Cone Health. “Like many other health care systems across the United States,...

Graham police report that a Graham man was struck and killed along NC 54 near Woody Drive Friday night when he apparently stepped into a lane of traffic. The tragedy unfolded around 10:06 p.m. as Graham police officers were conducting a checking station on Exit...

If some people think it’s frustrating not getting into the estates division at the clerk of court’s office (see related story, this edition), wait until Alamance County’s court system adopts the paperless “eCourts” system. Alamance County’s court system hasn’t gone fully paperless yet, but it’s...

QUESTION: Why is the estates division within the Alamance County Clerk of Superior Court’s office closed for in-person visits on Monday? ANSWER: The estates division at Alamance County’s Historic Court House is closed to the public on Monday in order to allow clerks to work...

Controversy erupts at SHS baseball game when ump ejects Eastern Randolph assistant coach which then results in dismissal of team's head coach, as well By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News The feel-good vibes regarding Brent Haynes returning to Southern Alamance as a first-year head coach...

Burlington’s city council has agreed to let a pair of developers establish multi-family projects on two separate parcels in the city’s east end that were once part of the Fairchild Airport. The council figuratively cleared both ventures for a landing on Tuesday when it unanimously...

“Our small town of less than 5,000 people cannot spend millions of dollars to clean up your chemicals. Pittsboro and its citizens should not bear this burden to our health or our budget.” – Pittsboro Mayor Cindy Perry The mayor of Pittsboro made some ripples...

A neighborhood uprising that erupted a year ago over the noise from an area gun range has apparently returned with a vengeance as nearby residents have renewed their demands for some peace and quiet from this shooting venue north of Burlington’s municipal limits. On Monday,...